My classes are held in 100-minute block sessions every other day. Activities for this lesson take nearly three class periods to complete. Today is a professional development day for teachers, so class periods are only 57 minutes.

The lesson below outlines activities for Day Two on The Legend of King Arthur. Students continue to engage in independent reading, summarizing events in a graphic organizer, and answering comprehension questions. Today they also engage in collaborative discussion.

Since students had the bulk of last class to work on the assignment and only have limited time today, after the first 20 minute of class, I allow them to work with a partner to debrief on the assignment by comparing graphic organizers and returning to the text for clarification.

Next class, we will debrief on student learning about King Arthur, and we will take an historical look at the King Arthur and his legends through an A&E Biography program.